How do I lock a folder in place on the desktop

On my desktop I have 1 folder that contain completed projects as well as multiple folders to manage current projects I'm working on. Occassionally I also have files on the desktop that I am working on for the day. Whenever I arrange by name (or any other criteria) the files and folders on my desktop move all around. My completed folder is now mixed in with files I'm working on and my current projects folders are all over the placed depending on what I named them.
I would like a way to pin certain folders to their place on the desktop (similar to how the hard drive icon is pinned), so when I arrange the desktop files by a certain criteria these "pinned" folders would not move.
**PLEASE KEEP YOUR DESKTOP EFFICIENCY TIPS TO YOURSELF. THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION I'M ASKING HERE.**

landon-bbcom wrote:
I would like a way to pin certain folders to their place on the desktop (similar to how the hard drive icon is pinned), so when I arrange the desktop files by a certain criteria these "pinned" folders would not move.
Take a look at Desktop Icon Manager (DIM).  There has been problems of one form or another with the desktop since the days of OS9.  DIM, also in one form or another, has been around since then to try to address these problems.

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